I’ve been thinking about the optometrist’s “wind and dirt” comment. No way. You see, I’m not really an outdoors kind of woman. A little weekend gardening, but that’s about it.

My eyes have always been really sensitive to the sun, so I’m rarely outside for any reason without sunglasses. So how does all this wind and dirt get into my eyes? Hmmm.

Well, I’ll still give up my contacts for a bit to see it that takes care of the problem.

Okay, so I’m really tired of looking weird with my red eye. Even with trying to rest it more, it’s still bright red most of the time. Plus it’s distracting when I talking with potential clients. I mean, really, I can’t blame anyone who’s trying to concentrate on what I’m saying when there’s this blood red eye calling to you!

I decided to stop by my optometrist’s office to see if he could prescribe some heavy duty eye drops for me. After all, I was completely convinced it was caused by my extensive use of my eyes on reading and/or the computer.

He took one look at my eye, nodded, and said it knew what it was. He even showed me a picture and description in a book he had. Of course, I didn’t write it down and immediately forget what he called it. He said it was caused by wind and dirt getting in my eye over time. He said that it should clear up if I quit wearing my contacts for a week.

So I went home and put away my contacts for a week.